Current Reading

This blog is primarily for me to blog my responses to books that I'm reading. Sometimes I blog about other stuff too, though.

Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

The Math Myth: Progressing on the Track

Tracking is generally considered to be a horribly regressive idea, one for evil conservatives.  It thus warms my heart that Hacker, having endorsed tracking in chapter 8, uses chapter 9 to endorse progressive "Discovery Mathematics" ideas. Not my cup of tea, but I appreciate when people break out of dichotomies.

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